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Sounds of silence

Hello blog, my old friend
I’ve come to talk with you again
Because a visitor softly clicking
Left a comment while I was sleeping
And the comment that was planted
Still rings out “Why the sound of silence?”
With respect to the original ‘The Sounds of Silence’ by Simon and Garfunkel.

Soccer City stadium photos

We recently had an opportunity to go on a tour of the Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. This stadium will be hosting the opening and closing matches of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Football tournament in June-July 2010. It’s an amazing venue.
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Fix our roads please

We all know that Johannesburg roads are riddled with potholes at the moment. I think it was the Minister who said in a report this week that approximately 70-80% of South African (read, not just JHB) roads are in a really bad state. So here’s my plea - please fix our roads.

Grandma’s pancake recipe

This recipe has been in our family for ages, and while it’s a fairly basic one, it’s practically fool-proof.

As a kid, I especially remember the rainy days, confined to the house and slowly running out of fun things to do. Just as cabin fever would set in, mom would gather the kids and start [...]

Eugene Terre’Blanche murdered

According to many reports - the leader of Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) Eugene Terre’Blanche was murdered at his farm 10km outside of Ventersdorp on Saturday.

If cats and dogs blogged

Excerpts from a cat and dog’s blogs…one of those email forwards that just made my day.

How to make things last longer

This is a note to self…